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Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
This volume contains episodes of Dragnet that released between 1949 and 1951, including Big Job, Claude Jimmerson, Child Killer, and The Big Escape.
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Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. This volume contains episodes of Dragnet that released between 1952 and 1953, including Big Number, Big False Make, and The Big Compulsion.
5) The Badge
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The Badge, by radio and television star Jack Webb (first published in 1958), provides an in-depth look at the Los Angeles Police Department of the 1950s - its organization from the Commission and Chief to the officer on the beat, to the various records, forensic, and research departments. Also included are detailed accounts of infamous crimes, criminals and scandals that rocked Los Angeles during that time, including behind-the-scenes accounts of...
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Give you -- and your child -- the beauty of the world. Thousands of students in the United States and Mexico have gone on to brilliant careers in the creative arts after attending Border Voices workshops. The secret to that success is distilled in this marvelously funny, and always insightful book. The book contains marvelous poems by students ranging in age from 8 to 18, as well as powerful pieces by professional poets and a writer of TV shows, essays...
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A gang that usually holds up drugstores robs and kills the manager of a dance hall. A stake-out in a garage yields results and a total of twelve guns. After a trial, two of the gang break out of jail. A gang of hold up men has been running loose in the city. They've committed more than a dozen robberies and are heavily armed and quick to shoot. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned to Robbery Detail and it's his job to stop them.
10) Big Number
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A bank robber using a sawed-off shotgun is traced through the first three digits of his license plate number.
11) Dragnet: Big Ham
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An unidentified young girl, Jane Doe #17, has committed suicide with a .22 caliber rifle. Or has she?
12) The Big Boys
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A gang of four robbers, and their puppy have come to Los Angeles from San Francisco, planning to pull a job. A long stake-out with an alcoholic desk clerk provides results. Detective Sergeant Friday is assigned to robbery detail. Four young hoodlums wanted for a series of robberies are headed for your city. They're armed, reckless and cold-blooded. It's Friday's job to get them.
13) Big .38
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A store clerk has been murdered, shot to death in a robbery. The holdup man is described as tall, well dressed. Witnesses say he escaped in a taxi cab. The number of the cab was covered up some way. Seven other armed robberies have been committed in the past 16 days by the same man with the same M.O.
14) Big Picture
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A pair of fake talent scouts are at work in the city, their victims are young girls seeking careers in Hollywood. The criminals are vicious and relentless.
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Dragnet, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brought to radio true police stories in a low-key, documentary style. The origins of Dragnet can be traced to a semi-documentary film, "He Walked by Night" from 1948, in which Webb had a small role. Both employed the same Los Angeles Police...
16) Big Tooth
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Nasty old Mr. Schroeder is suspected of committing foul play. The Chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product.
17) Big Meet
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A gang of veteran dope peddlers moves into LA. They offer a hundred thousand dollars’ worth of heroin for sale. Sergeant Friday tries to trap Howard Scully, a careful narcotics wholesaler, who leads the gang. Friday goes undercover and poses as a buyer; he meets the leaders contacts and they're ready to do business.
18) Big Smoke
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Old Mr. Stone, who kept his life savings in his mattress, has been killed. His invalid wife has been beaten with a club.
19) Dragnet: Big Bop
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A robber has held up a check cashing service of $1500. After several more robberies, one of his victims is killed during the crime.
20) Big Revolt
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Henry Borg has disappeared...and for an unusual reason.